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Killona to Montz, LA Tornado - December 14, 2022
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Rating:
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EF-2
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Estimated Maximum Wind:
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120 mph
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Injuries/Fatalities:
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8/1
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Damage Path Length:
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4.76 miles
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Maximum Path Width:
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75 yards
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Approximate Start Point/Time:
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4 miles ESE of Edgard, LA at 221 PM CST
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Approximate End Point/Time:
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3 miles NW of Norco, LA at 226 PM CST
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A National Weather Service Damage Assessment Team has surveyed the storm damage near Killona, LA and Montz, LA. It has been determined the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Damage estimates were consistent with winds of 120 mph. NWS Storm Survey found damage consistent with an EF-2 tornado with max winds of 120 mph and a max width of 75 yards in Killona/Montz, LA in St Charles Parish. The tornado touched down near the St Charles Sheriff s Office and Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility at 2:21PM, where it tore off some of the metal roofing sheets and tossed them across a nearby field. The tornado moved northeastward across Hwy 3141, Hwy 3127, and Adams street, snapping small trees and large branches. It then strengthened and crossed Railroad Drive and Schoolhouse Rds, where it destroyed 2 mobile homes and tossed and flipped another mobile home into a neighboring house. It uplifted the roofs of nearby houses and carried them away. Some houses lost their exterior walls. It then continued northeastward and crossed River Rd west of Waterford 3 Nuclear Facility. It crossed the Mississippi River, River Rd (628), and Etienne St. On Etienne St and River Rd, it tore the roof off of a home near the levee and shifted a mobile home off of its foundation. It also broke large branches off of a few trees. It continued northeastward, crossing Vickers Ln where it snapped a large oak tree and tore the porch off of a house. It also damaged the windows in vehicles at the nearby Cembell Industries, Inc. The tornado continued northeastward paralleling 628 (CC rd), where it snapped a few trees and broke off some large branches. It continued northeastward across the Kansas Southern Railroad before lifting just before E Airline Hwy at 2:26PM. Preliminarily, there was 1 fatality and 8 injuries associated with this tornado. |
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